X-Message-Number: 29359 References: <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #29354 - #29357 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:17:41 -0400 From: -----Original Message----- From: To: Sent: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:00 PM Subject: CryoNet #29356 [Chris Manning wrote: "If you are to receive one call per day, then if you die alone you will have been dead for 12 hours on average when the call comes. In the worst possible case, where you die just after your daily call, you will have been dead for nearly 24 hours. I live alone. Fortunately I am (as far as I can tell) in very good health. I realise however that that could change at any time." It seems that this particular problem is well within reach of an affordable technical solution. That would be a wearable device, perhaps merely a kind of bracelet which could monitor pulse or maybe just motion inobtrusively, send an alarm sound/signal to the wearer, then, if no response to the cryonics provider or an intermediary emergency service provider or 911, all using currently available and relatively cheap cell phone technology. Such a device would have very wide utility, especially for anyone with a questionable health history or life-threatening condition. I assume that our society is gradually moving in this direction, anyway, but cryonicists have a special motivation to be early adopters of such devices. Please, someone, tell me that such services already exist, how they work, and what they cost. All those on this list should be kept current on the state-of-the-art in this area. I know I am not. Ronald Havelock, CI member ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=29359